Not sure. This was all in the early 90's but somebody might have posted the documents somewhere.

tympanni 1's were about 1974, so the patent would have run out 1992 or so...

Got to be public domain now.

Not sure. This was all in the early 90's but somebody might have posted the documents somewhere.

any details of the lawsuit?

those patents have to be way out of date by now.

I remember this, too, (but not the exact details of the patent infringement) and thought that was what put Apogee out of business. But when I tried to do a search, couldn't find anything, and someone else later posted that this wasn't true at all.

mine showed up yesterday, but i went to a Colts/Bengals preseason game & haven't had much listening time...i have Dark Side playing on a loop until i get home from work...

the Gilmore Lite w/DPS didn't seem to be having any trouble, but i want to try my old Portal Panache next...

the wood oil & cloth were a nice touch...& the presentation box itself came double boxed...there are a few things i'd like to change about the design, but i'm pretty impressed by the overall package...

mine showed up yesterday, but i went to a Colts/Bengals preseason game & haven't had much listening time...i have Dark Side playing on a loop until i get home from work...

the Gilmore Lite w/DPS didn't seem to be having any trouble, but i want to try my old Portal Panache next...

the wood oil & cloth were a nice touch...& the presentation box itself came double boxed...there are a few things i'd like to change about the design, but i'm pretty impressed by the overall package...

Had you gotten a tracking number from Audeze? I've paid but haven't heard anything else so far.

i got an e-mail from one of their employees...Sankar i believe...a few hours after payment...

by the by, their standard ~$22 shipping appears to be fedex two day...

The storage/transportation box protects the headphone very well. Too bad it can only be used with disconnected cables.

Black leather over that foam on the headband would look good I think.

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^^^ Cool Beans

Ruler flat midrange. I look forward to hearing these one day.

For those concerned about the headband pad, I wonder if an inquirey to J Money might bear fruit. After all he makes the earpads, I don't see why he couldn't design an aftermarket leather headband.

i'm keen on the replaceable insert idea...but a replaceable covering is cool too...i just don't see any way in which the foam isn't going to decay & leave an ugly, crusty gluey mess...

For those concerned about the headband pad, I wonder if an inquirey to J Money might bear fruit. After all he makes the earpads, I don't see why he couldn't design an aftermarket leather headband.

Sent an email to J Money. I'll report back when he replies. Thanks for the prompt Steve.

Ooooooh! I dub thee Electric Boogaloo!

Perhaps a showing at ChiLiquiFi? And the headphones, too?

^^^ They'll be here John.

I finally got around to scanning mine:

Interesting how the later the headphones, the smoother they seem to drop after 1k.

Missed this before, nice!

I finally succumbed to the hype... I really like the O2 so I hope this won't disappoint.

I really think these headphones need a F5 or BA2 to be properly amped

(Only saying that since the idea wafted through my head today)

I really think these headphones need a F5 or BA2 to be properly amped

(Only saying that since the idea wafted through my head today)

Nah, that's not good enough. You need an actual power amp to drive them well, like its Chinese brother with gold drivers.

LOL @ the BA-2 being "not good enough"

LOL @ the BA-2 being "not good enough"

agreed. The minimum is "The Arch Nemesis"

agreed. The minimum is "The Arch Nemesis"

Did you pick up a copy of Linear Audio? I've been curious about what that amp was (enough so, that your mention of it made me buy a copy...damn you!).

Perhaps I'll put a headphone jack on my F5, bring it to a meet with a label "LCD-2 bare-minimum amp"

I've been curious about what that amp was (enough so, that your mention of it made me buy a copy...damn you!)

actually, I wasn't totally joking about it being a good choice for the LCD-2. The "Arch" is Nelson Pass' take on a Hiraga Nemisis. Yup, still uses an output transformer. Very "SET sounding". Similar to this:

I knew you weren't totally joking, I only mentioned the F5 because unlike the nemesis I actually have parts to build one. I wonder how the nemesis sounds...